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Study: Marijuana Use Trends In The United States

MassRoots

Researchers examined data from before and after the majority of states adopted legislation legalizing at least some form of cannabis. The study, authored by William Mitchell, Roma Bhatia, and Nazlee Zebardast, used data collected by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2005 to 2018. . In 2005, 61.5

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Marijuana use among pregnant teens has spiked in California

THCFinder

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland looked at data collected from 279,000 pregnant women who completed a screening for marijuana use as part of standard prenatal care. Across all age groups in the study, marijuana use by pregnant women saw a modest increase from 4 percent in 2009 to 7 percent in 2016.

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European Food Safety Authority Reports Says Eating Hemp Foods May Elevate Ingested THC Levels

Cannabis Law Report

More than 1,500 samples were collected from the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Romania. More than 1,500 samples were collected from the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Romania. THC) is based on occurrence data provided to EFSA following Commission Recommendation (EU) 2016/2115. Occurrence data for Total??

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Here’s what you need to know about cannabis research

The Cannigma

Research funding is also up, and all of this data influences how we see, think and hear about the plant and its effects. Additionally, there are misleading practices of “p-hacking” where researchers can manipulate data through different statistical tests (thanks to modern computer programs) looking for statistically significant findings.

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Legalization of Cannabis 

Cannabis Law Report

According to data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 44 percent of men and 35 percent of women had smoked marijuana at some point in their lives. According to data from the National Survey on Drug Use as well as Health6, the rate of previous cannabis use as well as number of customers were greater in 2009 (6.6

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Report: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City -“Is the Colorado Marijuana Industry Showing Signs of Maturation?”

Cannabis Law Report

Starting in 2009, the DOJ began to issue guidance to defer marijuana regulation and enforcement to states that had legalized medical marijuana, which helped establish confidence in the sustainability of the industry. Tax Collections in the Marijuana Industry. xxix Tax collections through September were 11.3

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This real-life ‘Marijuana Conspiracy’ is stranger than fiction

SpeedWeed

The Marijuana Conspiracy, a new film that streams starting on April 20, dramatizes that true-life experiment, which collected mountains of data but never publicly released a single finding. Data from the study was never publicly released. Miles passed away in 2009 without ever making a significant public statement on the matter.